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VOL. XXIII. No. 5
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MAY 23, 1942
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Bulletins
NOTABLES AT OBSERVANCE OF POPE’S JUBILEE
BY MOTU PROPRIO, His Holi*
ness Pope Pius XII lias granted to
all members of the clergy through
out the world the extraordinary
privilege of the altar whereby at
every Mass the celebrate at every
altar, during the period from
May 13, 1942, to May 13, 1943,
they may gain a plenary indulg
ence to be applied to the souls in
purgatory.
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPLAINS
will be heard over the nationwide
“Catholic Hour” program on May
24 and May 31. The Rev. William
Maguire, U. S. Navy Chaplain,
who holds the rank of captain,
will speak on May 24, while the
Rev. Christopher O’Hara, U. S.
Army Chaplain at Fort Myer, Va.,
will speak on May 31. Both chap
lains will speak on “Reports to
Fathers and Mothers.”
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
Philippine Commonwealth Gov
ernment in exile have been estab
lished in Washington by President
Manuel Quezon and his war cabi
net. President Quezon and his
family, which includes his wife
^*d three children, spent their
first night in Washington at the
White House as guests of the Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt. Includ
ed in President Quezon's party
is the Rev. Pacifico Ortiz, S. J.,
chaplain of the Philippine Army..
THE 1942 USO War Fund Cam
paign for $32,000,000, which, was
launched throughout the nation
on May II, “should be supported
by everybody — cheerfully, gen
erously and now,” President
Roosevelt declares in a letter giv
ing unqualified endorsement to
the project. The funds raised in
the campaign will be used to car
ry on the extensive program of the
United Service Organizations, of
which the National Catholic Com
munity Service is a member agen
cy.
A solemn Pontifical Mass in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on the campus of
Catholic University of America, May 14, featured the observance, in the nationls capital, of the Silver
Episcopal Jubilee of His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Pictured on that occasion are, left to right: Mon-
signor Michael J. Ready, General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Conference; Bishop Joseph M.
e S r ° r Cath °lic University; Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal representa
tive at the Vatican, and Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, celebrant of the Mass. Reni photo. (N.C.W.O l
OUTSTANDING Catholic edi
tors and writers of America wilt
gather in Birmingham the last
week in May for the annual con
vention of the Catholic Press As
sociation. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Pet
er M. H. Wynhoven, Editor of
Catholic Action of the South. New
Orleans, will preside.
Pope Receiving Japanese
Envoy, Again Voices Hope
for Peace With Justice
(Radio N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY.—His earnest
desire that the disagreements
presently afficting the world may
resolved on a basis of justice and
that all nations may look with
hope to a peaceful future was
voiced again by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII on the occasion of the
presentation of his credentials by
the Japanese Ambassador to the
Holy See, Ken Harada.
In presenting his credentials, M.
Harada recalled the historic cir
cumstance of the journey of St.
Francis Xavier to Japan and also
the missions sent by Japan to
Pope Gregory XV and Paul V. The
Japanese Empire, he said, wishes
to cooperate in every way to the
end that relations between the
Holy See and Japan may ever be
most cordial. He repeated to the
Holy Father a message from the
Japanese Emperor expressing the
wish that His Holiness might con
tinue to enjoy the best of health.
Papal Delegate Officiates at
Observance of Pope f s Jubilee
Congregation of Notables, "Including Myron C.
Representing President Roosevelt, Attend
Mass Celebrated in Nation’s Capital
Taylor,
Solemn
MONSIGNOR EUGENE J. CON
NELLY, Pastor of St. Peter's
Church, Washington, D. C., for the
past 20 years, died May 2, at the
age of 65. He was formerly secre
tary to Cardinal Gibbons and
Chancellor of the Archdiocese of
Baltimor.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—In the major
observance of the Silver Episco
pal Jubilee of His Holiness Pope
Pius XII, His Excellency the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, celebrated a Solemn Ponti
fical Mass in the Natonal Shrine
of the Immacplate Conception.
The Mass was offered in the
presence of members of the
American Hierarchy; Myron C.
Taylor, President Roosevelt's per
sonal representative to the Vati
can; United States Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy, scores of
Ambassadors and Ministers, and
other diplomatic and offiical per
sonages in the life of the Nation’s
Capital.
Mr. Taylor attended the Mass as
the designated representative of
President Roosevelt. In the sanc
tuary were the Most Rev. John
M. McNamara, Auxiliary Bishop of
Baltimore and of Washington, and
the Most Rev. Joseph M. Corri
gan, rector of the Catholic Univer
sity of America.
Assistant Priest at the Mass was
the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Ready, general secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, while the Deacon was the
Rev. Joseph McCloskey, and the
sub-deacon the Rev. Eugene Sul
livan. The master of ceremonies
was the Rev. Dr. William J. Lallou.
associate professor of Liturgy at
the Catholic University of
America, and the assistant masterj
of ceremonies was the Rev. Walter
Schmitz, S. S.. lecturer in religious
education at the university.
RECEPTION FOLLOWS MASS
A reception was accorded by the
Apostolic Delegate after the Mass
to the distinguished persons pre
sent at the jubilee ceremonies.
Bishop Corrigan, in his sermon,
recalled how the Holy Father, as
Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, dur
ing the fall of the German Em
pire at the close of the first World
War, “showed a firmness all un
yielding in dealing with the revo
lutionary heads”. “From Herod’s
day to Hitler's. God is not mock
ed”, Bishop added. “Herod's dag
ger did not reach the Infant
Heart, nor has murder ever stay
ed those chosen by God to share
His work. That young Bishop of
twenty-five years ago is today
the First Bishop of Christendom,
the Roman Pontiff, Pope Pius
Twelfth, whom today with all our
hearts we acclaim on the Silver
Anniversary of his entrance into
the Christian Episcopate.'’
Among the prominent persons
present were:
The Ambassadors of Belgium.
Ecuador, Spain, Franc! and
Uruguay: the Ministers of Guate
mala, El Salvador, Lithuania, Lat
via, Ireland. Costa Aica. Luxem
bourg, Haiti and New Zealand:
offiicals of the Embassies of Cuba.
Argentina, Brazil. Venezuela,
Colombia, Poland and The Nether
lands, and the Legations of the
Union of South Africa. Jugoslavia.
Czechoslovakia, Canada and the
Dominican Republic.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Ambrose O’Connell, the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Buckey.
rector of St. Matthew's Cathedral,
here: and the Very Rev. Arthur A.
O'Leary. S. J., president of
Georgetown University.
Present also were Archduke
Otto, of Austria, members of the
faculty of the Catholic University
of America, students, and mem
bers of the various religious
houses of study affiliated to the
university.
Vatican*s Efforts
to Assist British
Prisoners Praised
(By N. C. W. S. NEWS SERVICE)
WINDSOR, Ont., — “Frowns
trained on Pope Pius XII when he
permitted diplomatic gestures be
tween the Vatican and Tokyo lose
some of their umbi-age in the light
of Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden’s state
ment to the British House of Com
mons,” The Windsor Star, local
secular newspaper, says in an edi
torial.
"The Foreign Secretary an
nounces that arrangements have
been made through the Vatican for
Roman Catholic missionary organi
zations in the Far East to purchase
! procurable supplies for distribu
tion among British prisoners of
war now "in the hands of the Nip
ponese,” the paper declares.
“For. Argentina's efforts in be
half of these prisoners, Mr. Eden
expresses himself as “sincerely
grateful.’ Britain would prefer to
have Switzerland act as the inter
mediary, as she is doing elsewhere.
“In the meantime, however, the
humanitarian task of alleviating
the plight of Britishers — and
Canadians — at Hong Kong and
other Jap-dominated spots could
not be in better hands than those
of the missionaries whose lives
are dedicated to the practice of the
virtue of charity.’’
HEADS OF STATES
GREET HOLY FATHER
President Roosevelt Among,
Presidents, Kings and Em
perors Sending Jubilee
Messages
Solicitor General
Charles Fahy, to
Speak in Atlanta
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—-Charles Fahy.
Solicitor General of the United
States, will be the principal speak
er and guest of honor at the an
nual banquet of the Georgia Bar
Association to be Held May 22 at
the Biltmore Hotel.
Mr. Fahy, who succeeded Hon.
Francis Biddle as Solicitor Gen
eral, when the latter was appoint
ed Attorney General by President
Roosevelt, is a member of a
prominent Catholic family of
Rome, Ga.
Former Spanish Red
Leader Writes of Her
Conversion to Catholicism
(Special Correspondence, N. C. W.
C. News Service)
MARSEILLE—(Delayed)—A let
ter published in the press of
Santander, Spain, signed by
Regina Garcia, former Socialist
Deputy from Murcia, member of
the Geneva Labor Commission and
leader of the Spanish section of
the Second International, tells of
her conversion to the Catholic
faith.
The writer accuses herself of
having spread, in writings and
orally, errors which exercised a
bad influence on many souls.
In 1934, Regina Garcia's mother,
who was an active member of
Catholic Action, was accused by
a radical mob of having cast a
spell on the children of her dis
trict and was burned alive in the 1
Cuatro Caminos Church.
VATICAN CITY—The heads of
State of virtually every country in
the world sent messages of con
gratulation to His Holiness Pope
Pius XII cn the occasion of the '
silver jubilee of his Episcopal Con
secration. From Emperors, Kings,
Presidents, Premiers and individ
ual members of the Diplomatic
Corps came warm felicitations by
radio, cable and post.
Prominent among those greet
ing the Holy Father were Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Myron C. Taylor, the President’s
personal representative at the
Vatican. Mr. Taylor is presently
in the United States.
Others who sent congratulations
included: The King of Italy, the
Crown Princess Royal, the Duke
of Aosta and his mother, the Duke
of Genoa, Premier Benito Musso
lini, Count Ciano, Minister of For
eign Affairs; Signor_Kruja, head
of the Government of Albania.
Also from the countries of
Europe came messages from the
King of Belgium, the King of Bul
garia, the President of Finland,
Marshal Petain. head of the
Government of France; King
George VI of England, Chancellor
Hitler of Germany, President
Hyde of Ireland and Premier de
Valera, the Queen of Holland, the
President of Poland, the Premier
of Portugal, the King of Rumania
and Premier Antonescue, Gen
eralissimo Franco of Spain and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Suner,
Monsignor Tiso, President of
Slovakia, the President of Switzer
land and the Regent of Hungary.
From the Americas, in addition
to President Roosevelt and Mr.
Taylor, those sending congratula
tions included: The President,
Vice-President and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Argentina; the
Presidents and Ministers of For
eign Affairs of Brazil, Chile and
Colombia; the Presidents of Costa
Rice. Cuba and the Domican Re
public; the Presidents and Min
isters of Foreign Affairs of Ecua
dor, El Salvador and Guatemala;
the Presidents of Haiti and Peru;
the President and Minister of For
eign Affairs of Uruguay.
From Asia came a message from
the President of China.
Among members of royal fam
ilies greeting the Holy Father
were former Empress Zita and
Archduke Otto of Australia, the
Duke of Calabria, the Count of
Barcellona.
Felicitations also were sent by
Prince Chigi, Grand Master of the
Order of Malta and by the Am
bassadors, Ministers and Charges
d’Affaires of diplomatic missions
to the Holy See, as well as Coun
sellors, Secretaries and Ecclesiasti
cal Advisers. ^
Listed in the order of the date
of their presentation of creden
tials, those who sent congratula
tions among the Diplomatic Corps
included the representatives of
Germany, Colombia, Costa Rica,
the Dominican Republic, Spain,
Brazil, Poland, Belgium, Chile,
Portugal, France, Peru, Argentina,
Italy, Bolivia, Great Britain, Hun
gary. San Marino, Slovakia,
Lithuania, the Order of Malta,
Rumania, Ireland, Uruguay, Cuba,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Jugoslavia,
Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador
and Nicaragua.
THE MISSIONARY OBLATES
of Mary Immaculate have accept
ed, at the request of His Holiness
Pope Pius XII, missions in Haiti,
according to the Very Rev. L. G.
Bachard, O. M. I.. Provincial of
the Franco-America* T*l a* ia< < iq
Lowell, Mass). . . _
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